The 175 Southern Open boaters and non-boaters will finally get their shot at Lake Eufaula largemouth Oct. 28-30 with a $50,000 top prize on the line. Also at stake are valuable points toward the 20 qualifying slots for December’s CITGO Bassmaster Open Championship presented by Busch Beer in Monroe, La., which will send its top five finishers to the 2005 CITGO Bassmaster Classic presented by Busch Beer in Pittsburgh, PA, next July. "I think it being postponed a month is going to make the fishing a little better," said Alabama’s Tim Horton, a former CITGO Bassmaster Angler of the Year. "The end of October is typically better than September (...)"
Lake Eufaula is one of the country’s most famous bass waters. This is the place where Bobby Padgett of Columbus, GA, caught a 77-pound, 9-ounce bass (Bassmaster Eastern Invitational event, 1996).
